the hypocrisy goes deeper in that...the overriding assumption is not only that the person setting up a network without protecting it is so stupid as to need protection from some ethical code, but also that the person stealing his bandwidth is so smart as to know that he is stealing bandwidth...when the situation could as likely be the opposite: the person setting up the network is the smarter one (and what router guide does not discuss security precautions? really!), and the one 'illegally' taking bandwidth could as likely have no idea (1) that his wireless card is accessing someone else's network (given wireless card defaults) or (2) that an unsecured network is not an invitation (understandable, given that even amongst the pros this is being debated--why would a newbie have a clue about it?)...
also: if you're going to assume that the person 'stealing' bandwidth is the smart one, and you're someone not smart enough to secure your network, it would seem the last thing you want to do is mess around with somebody who knows enough to screw you over even harder...
With this phenomenon, it seems one could use a simple letter-replacement encryption (applying it to the scrambled words) that would be much harder to decipher.
I wish someone would do a study on why about every three months I come across some new blog post about synesthesia, containing the same breathless excitement of new discovery of what is actually a really tired 'net meme.
He also blames the users lack of knowledge as a cause of some of these bugs.
If MS (and the rest of the PC industry) would stop marketing computers as something anyone can easily use, they wouldn't get so many calls from those who believed them.
The link in the posting for EZ Hangup links to a site that's running a scam. Zenith's EZ Hangup is a $10 product--I have one. For $49.00, the site hangupnow.com is offering you one Zenith EZ Hangup device and a "free" listing on the "national do not call list" (a $39.00 value). On top of that, there is no national do-not-call list--they're advertising a private service that contacts telemarketers to have your number removed, and it is doubtful they even do that much (particularly since their FAQ highlights that you may still receive calls, and the service has no guarantee).
I bought my first Mac right before they announced the new Power Mac. I even bought an external CD-ROM, external modem, and extra VRAM.
I bought a Power Mac clone right before they announced there would be no more support for Power Mac clones.
I bought a G3 upgrade for my Power Mac clone right before they announced the new Mac OS would not support G3 upgrades, only native systems.
I bought a Pentium II system, installed Linux, and I haven't paid a dime for hardware or software upgrades in three years.
...I get the feeling that Slashdot, rather than news for nerds, is news for people with lives so pathetic they can't sit back and just enjoy a movie. If you're bored, maybe you can go back and to tech-deconstructions of the Shakespeare plays for us. Thank you, JonKatz, for saving us from being inaccurately entertained! You're such a visionary!
How many times have you walked into a room (in the physical sense, not the virtual) and started up a conversation and been told, "I'm sorry, we discussed that subject a month ago." Yes, this story was offered on Dec 9, but that conversation pretty much ended on Dec 9 as well.
I don't understand why sites like this are so rife with hall monitors. There are probably more posts complaining about duplicates than there are duplicate posts.
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the hypocrisy goes deeper in that...the overriding assumption is not only that the person setting up a network without protecting it is so stupid as to need protection from some ethical code, but also that the person stealing his bandwidth is so smart as to know that he is stealing bandwidth...when the situation could as likely be the opposite: the person setting up the network is the smarter one (and what router guide does not discuss security precautions? really!), and the one 'illegally' taking bandwidth could as likely have no idea (1) that his wireless card is accessing someone else's network (given wireless card defaults) or (2) that an unsecured network is not an invitation (understandable, given that even amongst the pros this is being debated--why would a newbie have a clue about it?)... also: if you're going to assume that the person 'stealing' bandwidth is the smart one, and you're someone not smart enough to secure your network, it would seem the last thing you want to do is mess around with somebody who knows enough to screw you over even harder...
With this phenomenon, it seems one could use a simple letter-replacement encryption (applying it to the scrambled words) that would be much harder to decipher.
I wish someone would do a study on why about every three months I come across some new blog post about synesthesia, containing the same breathless excitement of new discovery of what is actually a really tired 'net meme.
If MS (and the rest of the PC industry) would stop marketing computers as something anyone can easily use, they wouldn't get so many calls from those who believed them.
The link in the posting for EZ Hangup links to a site that's running a scam. Zenith's EZ Hangup is a $10 product--I have one. For $49.00, the site hangupnow.com is offering you one Zenith EZ Hangup device and a "free" listing on the "national do not call list" (a $39.00 value). On top of that, there is no national do-not-call list--they're advertising a private service that contacts telemarketers to have your number removed, and it is doubtful they even do that much (particularly since their FAQ highlights that you may still receive calls, and the service has no guarantee).
...my name is Wally. My life was ruined one day when someone posted a duplicate story on Slashdot. Maybe I'll sue Taco for the cost of my therapy.
It's kind of surprising to see how many pussies here have their lives turned upside down by a repeat post.
What's the difference? The government and business are pretty much the same thing now.
"So Unique this was awarded US Patent #5137384" It's true...no other patent has that number. How unique!
...stop serving as a focus group for Katz?
I bought my first Mac right before they announced the new Power Mac. I even bought an external CD-ROM, external modem, and extra VRAM. I bought a Power Mac clone right before they announced there would be no more support for Power Mac clones. I bought a G3 upgrade for my Power Mac clone right before they announced the new Mac OS would not support G3 upgrades, only native systems. I bought a Pentium II system, installed Linux, and I haven't paid a dime for hardware or software upgrades in three years.
...I get the feeling that Slashdot, rather than news for nerds, is news for people with lives so pathetic they can't sit back and just enjoy a movie. If you're bored, maybe you can go back and to tech-deconstructions of the Shakespeare plays for us. Thank you, JonKatz, for saving us from being inaccurately entertained! You're such a visionary!
How long until MS sues everyone in a high-level domain for the use of ".net" in web addresses?
Gillian Anderson is proving to be a talented movie actor, much more so than Duchovny, whose choices seem pretty bad.
How many times have you walked into a room (in the physical sense, not the virtual) and started up a conversation and been told, "I'm sorry, we discussed that subject a month ago." Yes, this story was offered on Dec 9, but that conversation pretty much ended on Dec 9 as well.
I don't understand why sites like this are so rife with hall monitors. There are probably more posts complaining about duplicates than there are duplicate posts.